International Babywearing Week

A cool video for International Babywearing Week!

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Baby Carrying - Slings in Portugal

Here is a great blog post about traditional baby carrying in Portugal....A Ervilha Cor de Rosa.
The book which Rosa has photographed is gorgeous.

Rosa also has a baby sling section on her blog too. Well worth a visit!

(For English readers-you can use the very handy translate button provided by Google.)

The Portuguese word for shawl is xaile.

Historical images of the Roma people

Ursari in Transylvania (engraving)

"Gypsy Fortune-Teller", a watercolor composition of 1841 was awarded a silver medal by the Council of the Academy of Arts (by Taras Shevchenko )

This image is the same as the etching above, but in its' painted effect.

Plaque représentant des Bohémiens, décor grand feu polychrome, 18ème siècle, Castelli, Italie. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille.

Roma Gypsy

(Description Spiezer Schilling 749.jpg
en:First arrival of gypsies outside the city of Berne, described as "getoufte heiden" (baptized heathens). Detail of p. 749.

de: Erstes Erscheinen von Roma vor der Stadt Bern, in der Bildlegende als "getoufte heiden" bezeichnet werden. )

International Babywearing Week

The lovely Arie has done a step by step photo instruction on using a nursing shawl on her blog. It's the most comprehensive instructions I've come across, so please do check it out!
Parents Village
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